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Should We Be Concerned About Obesity in Kindergarteners? — Health Checkhttp://bozemanskissfm.com/obesity-american-kindergartners-health-check/
http://bozemanskissfm.com/obesity-american-kindergartners-health-check/#commentsMon, 28 Nov 2011 17:38:56 +0000http://tsminteractive.com/?p=62651Continue reading…]]>We never used to think of chubby kids as being anything other than adorable, but researchers are now more concerned about children’s eating habits now that more Americans are being considered obese.

According to a new study, 40 percent of American children enter kindergarten with a body mass index (BMI) greater than the 75 percentile. Anything over the 85th percentile is considered “overweight,” and over the 95th percentile is “obese.”